With the assassination of the Romanov family, the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic (U.S.S.R. or sometimes known as the Soviet Union) was established by Vladimir Lenin on the 30th of December, 1922. The Russian Revolution, as it was called, was the first successful "Communist Revolution" in history.
Power soon passed to Joseph Stalin, who turned the Soviet Union from an absolute monarchy into a totalitarian state That means the government controlled all aspects of people's public and private lives. Soviet Propaganda showing from left to right:
Karl Marx, Fredrick Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin |